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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, n. [1st hob + nail.] 1. A short, sharp-pointed, large-headed nail, -- used in shoeing houses and for studding the soles of heavy shoes. 2. A clownish person; a rustic. --Milton. {Hobnail liver} (Med.), a disease in which the liver is shrunken, hard, and covered with projections like hobnails; one of the forms of cirrhosis of the liver. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Hobnail \Hob"nail`\, v. t. To tread down roughly, as with hobnailed shoes. Your rights and charters hobnailed into slush. --Tennyson. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: hobnail adj : of heavy boots; set with or having the soles protected with hobnails; "hobnailed boots" [syn: {hobnailed}] n : a short nail with a thick head; used to protect the soles of boots v : supply with hobnails
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